Pelosi narrowly re-elected speaker, faces tough two years

US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi was re-elected on Sunday for a fourth time period to the place that’s simply second faraway from the presidency.It was a slim victory in a House that Democrats re-took with a vastly lowered majority. Pelosi, who has led her get together within the House since 2003 and is the one lady to be speaker, acquired 216 votes to 209 for Kevin McCarthy, the highest Republican, who once more would be the chamber’s minority chief.“As we are sworn in today, we accept a responsibility as daunting and demanding as any previous generation of leadership have ever faced,” Pelosi, 80, stated in a press release referring to the swearing-in of the 117th Congress. “We begin this new Congress during a time of extraordinary difficulty. Each of our communities has been drastically, drastically affected by the pandemic and its economic crisis: 350,000 tragic deaths, we sadly carry them in our hearts; over 20 million infections; millions without jobs – a toll beyond comprehension.”